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east

[eest] / ist /
ADJECTIVE
situated to the east
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
west


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The project in Kent follows a similar one in east Anglia, where there was a 70% year-on-year reduction in mink numbers, leading to the species' complete removal from Norfolk, Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

Geopolitical shifts have encouraged Western data-center operators to diversify away from Middle East to Southeast Asia, he notes. 2H’s utilities demand could remain strong, driven by continued ramp-up in data-center deployments, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

The strategists outlined several factors that could drive up global stocks, such as economies that have stayed resilient despite the conflict in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026

Khury Petersen-Smith, the co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ New Internationalism Project, told Salon that the U.S. also has a long history of maintaining these sorts of “low boil” wars in the Middle East.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2026

As early as AD 1000, the islands engaged in extensive commerce with traders from China, India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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